4MCAD is the
powerful and smart AutoCAD« alternative, that provides full DWG
and IFC
compatibility, outstanding 64bit CAD performances, plus a similar environment
and full support for
all the AutoCAD« commands, menus, scripts, styles, patterns etc.
4MCAD speeds and performances are totally unbeatable,
explaining the reason why our product has been welcomed by many
thousands of Engineers and Designers in over 65 Countries.

4MCAD new
release v.19 just launched
(October 2017), is more powerful than ever, thanks to its 64-bit
architecture, its native DWG compatibility, its BIM/IFC compatibility
(4MCAD PRO), its Autocad«-like interface and many other advanced
features, tools and commands. Here are the new features of
4MCAD19 at a glance:

- DWG 2018 Compatibility: the new
4MCAD19 opens any DWG2018 file format and converts it into
DWG2013.
- Higher Performances: higher speeds
in pan/zoom even for very large drawing files, faster PDF
creation by also reducing the resulting .pdf file size,
increased performances when working with many external
references, improved redraw performances, selection performances
and entity snap performances.
- 3D PDF: export to a 3D .pdf file
plus enhancement in exporting 2D pdf files, such as new
compression modes, image clipping, and gradient hatches.
- New tools & facilities: search for
files when using the Open command, new multiline text editor,
new explode text command, show drawings on individual tabs,
Workspaces saving facilities and many others.
- New enhanced Commands: new dialog
box for the ARRAY command, new BCOUNT command to count selected
blocks, new Filter option in LAYER command etc, nee multiline
text editor for multiline text in place, new Auto Number command
adds numbering to texts, multiline texts, new dialog box for
Boundary hatch command, new HATCHTOBACK command, new interface
in drawing settings command with tabs instead of drop-down
lists, new commands VPMAX and VPMIN to maximize and minimize
viewports.

What is new in 4MCAD19 with more details

Working with Files

• Version 2018 .dwg files are opened and
converted to version 2013 .dwg files

• Export to a 3D .pdf file
• Export to a 2D .pdf file now includes new compression modes,
image clipping, and gradient hatches.
• For .pdf, .dwg, and .dgn underlays, new support includes
monochrome, fade, background color adjust, show, and show
clipped properties.
• Export to a .bmp file now supports visual styles.
• Search for files when using the Open command by clicking Tools
> Find.• More options are available for
attaching point cloud files using the Point Cloud Underlay
command.

• Improved redraw performance when
creating and updating entities in a drawing that has a large
number of existing entities

Text
• New multiline text editor allows users to edit multiline text
in place. However, not all multiline text features are
implemented in the new editor. To switch to the older dialog box
version of the multiline text editor, set the MTEXTED system
variable to "oldeditor".
• New Field command allows users to create a field as multiline
text

• Use the new Explode Text command to
break multiline text and single-line text into polylines.

• The new Auto Number command adds
numbering to text, multiline text, multileaders, or block
attributes

Hatches

• New dialog box
interface for the Boundary Hatch command.• HATCHTOBACK command moves
hatches to the back of the draw order.

User Interface• Show drawings on individual
tabs in the main 4MCAD window. Use the Options command, click
the Display tab, then click MDI Options to specify settings for
drawing tabs.• Easily save workspaces by
clicking Workspaces in the status bar and choosing Save Current
As.• The Drawing Settings command
has improved user interface that uses tabs instead of drop-down
lists that were used previously.• Added -MENUUNLOAD command line
version.

Selecting and modifying entities

• Search for entities that match properties of other
entities using the new Select Similar command. The entities with
properties that match are then added to the selection set.

• The new Explode Attributes command ungroups blocks,
creating separate entities for each element and converting
attributes to text.

• The new Get Selection command selects all entities in a
drawing that match both the layer of an entity you select and
the type of an entity you select.

Working with entities
•

New dialog box for the REFEDIT command and new
-REFEDIT command
• New dialog box for the ARRAY command and new -ARRAY command.
• New TEXTTOFRONT command moves text, dimensions, and leaders to
the front of other entities.

Viewing and rendering drawings
•

New commands VPMAX and VPMIN allowing users to
maximize and minimize viewports.

More features

• Select entities by
creating filters using the Filter command.

• New Filter option for the -LAYER command.

• When using the Print command, you can now select print
transparency.

• The Properties pane now supports more
entities and additional properties, such as light entities and
light properties, material properties, etc.
• Entity snapping for underlays are now accessible using the
Options command.
• New BCOUNT command counts the number of blocks in a selection
set.
• New IMAGEFRAMEMODE command controls whether image frames are
visible and printed.
• New command line version commands: -MENU and -MENULOAD.